Coast Guard News

Written by Cmdr. Shane Steiner Chief of Preventive Medicine To develop and sustain a mission ready total workforce, ensuring the workforce is medically ready is absolutely critical. An important way to ensure the Coast Guard military workforce is medically ready is […]... [Read More]

Through the Special Needs Program, efforts are made to ensure that members with special needs dependents are assigned to duty stations where medical and community services are accessible and available.... [Read More]

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Coast Guard's theme for this year is “Be there: your action could save a life.” Over 40,000 Americans die each year by suicide, and based on the Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Study, three percent of Coast Guard members have thought about attempting suicide. ... [Read More]

Hurricane Florence is heading towards the United States East Coast, with projected landfall on Thursday, September 13, 2018, between northern South Carolina and North Carolina’s Outer Banks as a strong category 2 hurricane with 105 mph sustained winds, extreme rainfall and major inland flooding. Although […]... [Read More]

Senior Chief Petty Officer Chris Wilson will be discussing the available enlisted leadership opportunities and explaining some recent changes and associated business rules for the next fiscal year during the next leadership Learning Café session.... [Read More]

The updated strategic plan includes the goal of recovery to elevate awareness for comprehensive victim-centered support, during the initial response and beyond. The goal of recovery focuses on holistic, comprehensive, and flexible victim recovery to facilitate a return to wellness.... [Read More]

The Coast Guard Office of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation was established Nov. 1, 1968, to discover new concepts and develop technological improvements necessary to meet present and future mission requirements. 50 years later, the RDT&E Program’s mission remains the same, achieved in part through its annual project portfolio. The program is currently seeking ideas for its fiscal year 2020 RDT&E portfolio; the deadline to submit ideas is Sept. 12, 2018.... [Read More]

Improving inclusion and diversity are top priorities for our service. No one, regardless of rank, can tackle these challenges by themselves. We must all work to improve service culture together and carry our message to every corner of the Coast Guard.... [Read More]

When we are introduced to someone new or have not seen a friend in a long time, we generally greet him or her with a firm handshake. This may seem innocent enough until you start to think about what their hands, or your own hands, have been touching and the numerous germs on those objects. The best way to ensure we are not receiving other peoples' germs or giving germs to others is to wash our hands.... [Read More]